Wednesday, 23 September 2009

My creative space

This is my creative space today. Pretty much all the furniture from the second story of our house is crammed in there while we have insulation put in, and plastering done. The kids and I are sleeping on the loungeroom floor while the man of the house has gone to Brisbane on a work trip. My plasterer just rang to say he won't be back to do the sheeting till Tuesday so we may have to come up with a better idea than the loungeroom floor. Another week of that may just be too much to ask! Not to mention that our ducted heating downstairs is being disconnected today so of course it is a chilly 13 degrees and not expected to warm up till next week.
I did manage to snaffle a few things before my sewing space was over run. To preserve my sanity I have started to cut into Kristen Doran's Ladybird fabric I have been hoarding for over a year. My plan is to make a cuddle quilt for Bloss in reds and whites. Actually my plan is to make each of my kids a cuddle quilt for Christmas, but I am not making any promises.
Lots more creative spaces over at Kirsty's
EDIT: I just (at 12.30pm) realised that it is Wednesday today, not Thursday. While I could claim that I am just super organised, it is really a sign of the addled state that my brain is in amongst all the chaos and sharing a mattress with little people who don't lie still (and another little person who thinks the day starts at 4.30 even if it is pitch black outside). So you won't find any creative spaces at Kirsty's till tomorrow when the rest of the world catches up with me. Luckily I managed to send Poppy off to school in the right uniform this morning!
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19 comments:

  1. Gorgeous fabric. Oh I certainly would not enjoy sleeping on the floor without heating in this cold windy rainy weather. Good luck.

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  2. Bloody plasterer! How annoying. Hope you can find somewhere warmer and nicer to sleep over the next week.

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  3. You poor thing I hope your chaos settles down and you get your bed back soon....

    I semi share a bed with the little one so I know it can be a challenge!!

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  4. I can relate...I'm both excited about & dreading the relocation of our family & the creative space. xx

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  5. Good luck - we have done that too during plastering .... it will be worth in in the end.

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  6. wow that fabric is sooo gorgeous

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  7. The fact that you are still functioning under these conditions is truly admirable. I would be rocking in a corner of the kitchen by now. I hope playing with that lovely fabric takes you to your happy place.

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  8. Early or late, I think it's pretty imcredible that you are achieving anything under those conditions. Love that fabric.

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  9. I'd imagine it was fun camping on the floor for the first night. . .

    My studio got used for furniture storage for a few months earler this year. Such a releif to have it back!

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  10. Funnily enough, I thought it was Friday for a while there this morning. Thank goodliness I'm not the only one. In the meanwhile, may the temperatures be mild and the plasterer early!

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  11. Hope you're back in a more comfortable sleeping environment soon! Lovin' that ladybug fabric.

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  12. ((((Hugs)))Michelle! Why don't you ask the plaster if he can put you up for the week? I'd be hassling him (but I'm pushy LOL).
    We've got something weird going on here this week - to see why, go have a look at my space :) I've been hoarding the notebook plus a couple of others and a bunch of fabric for over a year too.
    I
    just
    can't
    cut
    it
    !

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  13. I so understand..we have renovating for 2 yrs, one pregnancy and a birth ... I love that youstill find time to creative something divine for your kids. Peta

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  14. Just keep your eyes focused on that gorgeous fabric! :-)

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  16. Oh Michelle... oh Michelle. I want to tell you to pack up and come stay over here. But I'm guessing you don;t need to add sick kids to your list of 'challenges' at the moment.

    Rather than say imagine how great it will be, blah blah blah, I'll tell you what you want to hear.. the truth. What a crappy situation to be in. The loungeroom beds, the wiggly children, the off ducted heating, the away husband... don't worry about getting your days wrong. That fact you are not sitting in a corner rocking is credit to you!! Hang in there.

    And that fabric is to die for. Beautiful.

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  17. that fabric is joyous isn't it? as a renovater from way back i feel your pain. plastering is the worst. just think of how gorgeous it will be when it's done and quilt to your hearts content.

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  18. It would be hotel time for me I am afraid!
    That fabric bundle looks really delicious!

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  19. Oh my. Let's see, it's saturday now, so a couple of days after you posted this, so I hope that by now you have found ways to easen the chaos. Good luck with all of that and have fun with the lovely fabric.

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